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Paul von Hindenburg. German Army Field Marshal, German President. Born in Posen, Duchy of Posen (now part of Poland), he served as a junior officer in the Prussian military wars with Austria in 1866 and with France from 1870 to 1871.
Against Hindenburg’s express wishes, Hitler saw that Germany’s great military hero was buried at the Tannenberg Memorial with Nazi pomp and circumstance. Legacy. Hindenburg’s legacy has been mythologized to suggest that he was either a puppet of Hitler or was supportive of the authoritarian ruler.
Paul von Hindenburg was a German field marshal during World War I and the second president of the Weimar Republic (1925–34). His presidential terms were wracked by political instability, economic depression, and the rise to power of Adolf Hitler, whom he appointed chancellor in 1933.
Aug 1, 2023 · Paul von Hindenburg was a significant and controversial political figure in German history who served as the second president of the Weimar Republic.
Aug 3, 2015 · Obituary of Paul von Hindenburg, whose handing over of the German republic to Adolf Hitler was surely one of the greatest betrayals of the age. Mon 3 Aug 2015 00.30 EDT. President Hindenburg...
Paul von Hindenburg, in full Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, (born Oct. 2, 1847, Posen, Prussia—died Aug. 2, 1934, Neudeck, Ger.), German field marshal and second president (1925–34) of the Weimar Republic.
Apr 7, 2015 · Paul von Hindenburg shot to fame after the Battle of Tannenberg in August 1914. He was Germany’s national hero of wartime, soon eclipsing the Kaiser. Appointed to the Supreme Command in 1916, he increasingly took on a political role. His myth survived the military collapse of 1918.
